Improvement in sleigh-bells



G. W. GOUGH & A. D. WILLARD.

Improvement in Sleigh-Bells.

N0. 132,657. 1 Patented Oct. 29,1872.

-WITNESSES. INVENTOH.

STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. GOUGH AND ALFRED D. WILLARD, OF EAST HAMPTON, CO NN.

IMPROVEMENT IN SLElGH-BELLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 132,657, dated October29, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEO. W. GOUGH and ALFRED D. WILLARD, of EastHampton, in the county of M iddlesex and State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new and valuable Improvement in Sleigh-Bells; and we dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawing making a part of this specification,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation of a perspective view of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a top view of my invention. Fig. 3 is a verticalsection of my invention. Fig. 4 is a central section of my inventionattached to strap.

My invention has relation to the novel construction and arrangement ofsleigh-bells, and has for its object to provide for the more secureattachment of the bells to the bell-strap so that the bells may not turnor sway independently of the strap. My invention, therefore, consists incasting a sleigh-bell with an oval concave crown or surmounting flangeto embrace the rivet; in providing the edge of said crown with teeth orserrations; and in so riveting the bell to the bellstrap that part ofthe leather shall be pressed into theconcavity of the serrated crown"and the serrations or teeth embedded in the leather thereby producing aperfectly rigid fastening to prevent the bell from turning'orindependently swaylng.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, A designates a sphericalsleigh-bell, which, for the purposes of my invention, I cast with anoval concave crown, B, which I provide with angular teeth or notches, asshown, by the use of a file or in any other suitable manner. 0designates the rivet with which I secure said bell to the bell-strap.The shank of this rivet fits a socket in the center of the crown B, andis provided with a headthe under surface of which is convex.

When the bell is attached to the strap the convex surface of therivet-head forces the leather into the concavity of the crown, asillustrated in Fig. 1, thus preventing the bell from swaying or becomingloose, and causes the teeth of the crown to enter the leather andprevent the bell-from turning. The crown is oval in form, so that if anyof the teeth should cut the leather the others will not thereby have achannel made in which they can follow, as, by reason of the oval form,the teeth lie at different distances from the rivet, and hence will havea tendency to move in different circles. I

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The sleigh-bell having its serrated base made oval and concave toreceive the strap forced into the concavity of said base by therivet-head made convex on its under surface for this purpose, asspecified.

In testimony that we claim the above we have hereunto subscribed ournames in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. GOUGH. ALFRED D. WILLARD.

Witnesses CHARLES H. GOFFE, WM. B. CHAPMAN.

